Total firetruckin bullshit!
Anything you do that involves "reprimanding" them will only make it worse. Try being ridiculously nice to them. If you can somehow keep them from becoming spiteful you'll have the best chance of some sort of peaceful existence. Don't show any anger or feelings that can be construed as hate. The best possible situation would be that they Like you and say things Like " don't mess with him" or "He's a good dude don't disrespect his property" Trust me, Even people from the Ghetto understand respect. You gotta give it to get it. There are people Like this I have to deal with on a daily basis and I pray before every word I say. It sounds crazy but when I remember to pray first, the interactions go just fine every time. You may Mock me for this attitude but the outcome will be much worse if you just Label them as Scum and then treat them that way. If you have now ruled out your neighborhood as an acceptable place to live then start planning to move. But you need to keep it a peaceful as humanly possible in the meantime. You want to be able to look in the mirror and say you did everything you could to be the bigger Man. Good luck & God be with you through this situation. You will be able to look back at this and see that it was just minor BullS$%t.
Respect is something that is supposed to mutual, not only given after gotten.
It should be given first, and then if it's not deserved then so be it.
I already repected them by leaving them alone and minding my own business.
Now my own business includes thier bullshit?
That's not respect.
I would never mock someone for thier oppinion, not seriously anyway.
I would however take a shot at somebody out of the blue though, like, so how little oxygen is there in Mt Airy NC ?, apparently not enough.:D
Really though, I hear ya and appreciate your input.
My brother owns a few rent houses in really nice neighborhoods and I was helping paint one up when a realtor showed up to show it to a rowdy bunch...I ask my brother how he was going to get out of renting to them and he said that "It is single family residence ".
Just like trapster said above.
It may not leave enough people their to pay the Rent !!!
About the dog,enough calls to animal control will take care of the problem !!!
Call the owner and offer to buy his house at a ridiculous low price and when he respond it is worth more, tell him not with the tenants he has in there now because it is De-valuating his house and neighborhood as a whole...
We got a neighbor here that bought the house next door to him to kick the unwanted tenants out and now he rents to good people.(and makes a little money)
No loud music past 10:30 pm in most places I have lived,call the cops every time there is and believe me the cops do not like coming out to the same house every other night and if they see something illegal ...well you know.
Just an old saying but it works "Just keep feeding them the Rope and they will hang themselves"
The cops here are freakin joke.
This is a training town, which means most of the cops are kids trying to act like they have power and you better do whatever they say.
More than once I have had to tell one to mind his own damn business or to get the F out of my yard.
Two of em knocked on my door one day and asked if some woman that I never heard of was here, and I said that I didn't know anyone by that name.
Next I see another one go past the windows on the side of the house looking in, and I said to the two at the door "I TOLD YOU I DON'T KNOW ANYONE BY THAT NAME SO I MUST BE A LIAR?
I closed and locked the door, went to the back door and the other cop/kid was in my back yard with his gun drawn.
I walked out the door and he raised the weapon a bit as he saw the door open.
I WAS PISSED, and I started practically screaming at him to get his *** out of my yard before I called real police.
My father and his father were both law inforcement and I know my rights, so they don't intimidate me much.
I personally don't need a cop around to keep me from breaking the law, so it kinda does piss me off when they act like I do.
To point, they are pretty useless around here.